The New Jersey Hall of Fame has broken ground on its permanent home at the sprawling American Dream complex in East Rutherford, hosting stakeholders and dignitaries on Wednesday for a ceremonial kickoff to the project.

Jon F. Hanson, the revered founder of The Hampshire Cos., was among those inducted Sunday night into the New Jersey Hall of Fame, joining nearly two dozen business leaders, entertainers, public servants and others who made up the organization’s 2017 class.